Mucilage container



Sept. 2l, 1948. F. G. BLACKMAN MUCILAGE CONTAINER Filed June 29, 1945 Patented Sept.- 21;,V 1948 GFF MUCLAGE co1\T"1A,Il\u:1t` Frank G. Blackman, Bluefield, W. Va.

`Application June 29, 1945, Serial No. 602,299

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in containers for mucilage and similar liquid and semi-liquid material which is affected by contact with theair to cause evaporation or coagulation thereof, and the invention has for its primary object to provide a mucilage- 2 Claims. (Cl. 222-425) dispensing container by means of which a desired quantity .of mucilage may be exposed and made available for use Without subjecting the remaining contents of the container to the action of air.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dispensing container of this character embodying a mucilage receptacle having a supply pipe connected thereto leading from a reservoir for supplying a desired quantity of mucilage to the receptacle and providing a hinged cover for the top of the receptacle within which a mucilage brush or applicator may be suspended in the receptacle to prevent hardening of the brush when not in use, and also which provides a substantially airtight closure for the open top of the receptacle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, `which is efcient and reliable in operation, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming` part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially lon a line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through the cover for the mucilage receptacle, taken substantially on a line 3-3 of Figure 1` Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a reservoir adapted to hold a predetermined quantity of mucilage 6 and having a hinged lid l at its top adapted to provide a substantially air-tight closure for the reservoir.

A discharge pipe B is connected to the bottom of the reservoir and projects outwardly at one side there-of and to which is attached a receptacle 9, the pipe 8 having a manually controlled valve I therein.

A vertically extending web I I is formed` at one side of the reservoir and to the outer edge of 2 which are hingedly attached the vertical split edges of a pair of semi-cylindrical cover sections I2 and I3 arranged in a vertical position and adapted for closing about the sides of the receptacle 9, as indicated in Figure 1 ofthe drawing.

The cover sections I2 and I3 are formed with overlapping top sections I4 and I5, respectively, adapted to close the top of the cover for 'the receptacle 9 and the free vertical edges of the -cover sections I2 and I3 are secured in closed position in tight fitting clamping engagement with the sides of the receptacle 9 by means of a conventional form of fastener I6.

One upper edge of the receptacle 9 is formed with a lip I1 adapted for wiping excess mucilage from a 'brush I8 when used for applying the mucilage to the work. y

When the brush is not in use, the handle thereof is hung from a hook I9 attached at the hinged edges of the sections I2 and I3 so that the bristles of the brush may be suspended in the mucilage in the receptacle 9 to prevent drying or hardening of the brush.

In the operation of the device, a desired quantity of the mucilage is admitted into the receptacle 9 through the pipe 8 and valve I0 and the remaining mucilage contained in the reservoir 5 is then kept in a closed condition out of contact with the air.

When it is desired to use the mucilage from the receptacle 9, the cover sections I2 and I3 are swung into open position and the brush I 8 may then be removed for applying the mucilage to the work. When the brush is not in use, the same is hung from the hook I!! within the cover sections I2 and I3 and the cover sections closed, as shown by the full lines in Figure 2 of the drawing, whereby the contents oi the receptacle 9 will likewise be substantially sealed against contact with the air.

It is believed that the details of construction,

, manner of use and advantages of the device will reservoirtadapted. toscontain li'quidiand having a substantially air-tight lid, a cylindrical receptacle, a feed pipe connecting the reservoir to theI receptacle and having a valve therein to admit a. limited volume of liquid to the receptacle, a ver- 15 1,948,966

tical web projecting from one side of the 'rs'rvoir, and a pair of semi-cylindrical cover sections having overlapping tops andchingedly connected to said web for closing against the sides of the 5 receptacle in tight fitting engagement therewith FRANK G. BLACKMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the vNTTED STATES PATENTS Name Date Lawsonj f Nov. 18, 1909 Jaeger Feb. 27, 1934 'Number 

